Month: December 2015

High blood pressure? Beware of OTCs

- Fresh warning from American Heart Association … also warns against indiscriminate…

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Lagos abolishes contract doctors

The Lagos State Government says it has abolished the recruitment of contract…

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Check your toothpaste composition!

Do you know there is a colour code on your toothpaste indicating…

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Women with Type 2 diabetes more at risk of coronary heart disease – Study

Women with Type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to have coronary…

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2016 Budget: FG allocates N221.7bn to health sector

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said a total sum of N221.7 billion…

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Sudden death : Watch out for cardiac arrest – Cardiologist

There were conflicting reports about the sudden death, on November 22, of…

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Breakfast still most important meal any day!

• You may end up with weight gain, diabetes, other diseases if…

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Arts, Politics and Mental Health

Full text of the 2015 Thomas Lambo Lecture delivered by renowned Psychiatrist…

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49 per cent of Nigerian women are anaemic, experts say

At 26, Grace, a banker, could not cope with the rigours of…

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Nigerian Government can’t fund local vaccine production – Minister

... Seeks private sector involvement ABUJA - Nigerian Government cannot realistically fund…

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How micronutrient deficiency ruins Nigerian children

… Several defects could be avoided through antenatal care, exclusive breastfeeding, experts…

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Chevron intensifies partnership with Lagos government on healthcare

... donates ambulance, refurbishes General Hospital ward Chevron, Nigeria’s third-largest oil producer,…

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Killer in your fridge!

... Aspartame is sweet poison By  Ifeoma Okoye In October of 2001,…

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Mrs Shonuga: Another unwarranted death

    By Franka Osakwe Forty-four days long gone since the needless…

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